#The Love Triangle

[hypertechnica]

THE LOVE TRIANGLE

ford, fidds, and bill are living in a late 70s/early 80s sci fi psychological horror film that was buried upon release due to its explicit gay themes but quickly became an underground cult hit

numerous associations would decry its depiction of homoeroticism between its principal characters, but nobody could deny the surrealist film had its merit. “it’s like someone concocted an unholy combination between the shining and space odyssey and then died of the instantaneous nuclear fallout. why would anyone make this? are they stupid?” one reviewer said.

more alternates + sketch under the cut

[thisispersonal]

I don’t think introducing those two was a good idea Ford ngl

EDIT: since y’all like this one and I had some time on my hand I decided to redraw it with actual effort, hope you like it!

[grilledcheese-savage]

OK, has anyone else made the connection yet that in the bill cipher love triangle audiobook she describes them as falling in love in wheat field. Like… like the field that bill and ford meet up again in his dreamscape. Am I reaching????

[ann-is-amazing-person]

NO FUCKING WAY. WHICH MEANS

SOMEONE'S HAVE GET KOTONE AND PUT IT BETWEEN THESE TWO, HOLY SHIT

[avadmortain]

just some a du mortain appreciation (the lt version)

[violetlunette]

Romance Tropes I like but No one Else does; The Love Triangle

Since it’s the month of “love” I thought I’d share my thoughts on romance tropes. In this case--

Romance Tropes I like but No one Else does; The Love Triangle

Starting off the month with a big one.

Whenever you look at any list of the worst romance tropes, you’ll see the love triangle on the list. Fair enough, I can see why, as most of the time when this trope is used, it follows the same formula;

The girl will always choose the brooding bad boy, or the guy who tends to be a jerk, over the one who’s consistently kind and supportive. Ironically, the boy will go the opposite route unless it’s an anime, in which case the boy will choose the tsundere or the magical girl. And with a love triangle focused on a female, it often comes off as the boys forcing her into a corner.

However, when the love triangle is written right, it can be an intriguing character study while creating angst and drama. I'll focus on the female lead for this post, as the triangle is most prevalent in female fiction.

More often than not, the boys represent two different worlds, and the one the lead chooses shows what values they hold dear. Such as independence vs. community, mystery vs. the familiar, and so on.

The thing Hollywood does wrong is that they make both love interests basically the same and rarely explore why the lead would choose the interest she does. Plus, it’s always clear that the writers have a favorite, and so one of the boys is basically just a false romantic lead.

The latter is especially annoying because it feels like they’re wasting our time trying to make us care for a guy who’s just going to be tossed aside.

Despite what others may think, I believe that the Love Triangle can be used for good storytelling and character exploration and development.

That being said, it has been done so much that the only way to make it interesting is to write the characters really well and/or do something new with it.

What I think would be fun is to have the lead choose neither and end up independent or with a third party. The latter can be difficult as readers may feel cheated that the lead ended up with a person who came out of nowhere, but I think writers should take up the challenge and give it a try anyway.

Or, in a twist, both interests reject the lead and move on with someone else, as she took too long to decide. You can even have it that the love interests choose each other after they go to console one another after being dumped.

You can also write a poly; however, if you’re going to do this, you have to make sure that all three have a romantic relationship with each other and none feel like a third wheel.

To conclude, here are my tips for writing a love triangle:

*Make all the parties involved interesting.

*Don’t play favorites.

**Adding to this, don’t villainize the rejected one out of nowhere.

*Make the love interests complete opposites and have them represent two different worlds. For example, one guy can represent big life in the city, or the world of the supernatural, and choosing them means moving into the unknown, while the other represents life in the country, small-town life, or the human world, and choosing them symbolizes the familiar.

*Play around with possible outcomes.

*Don’t make the “winner” someone who has so many red flags that they could be a communist. If you do, show that the lead made a mistake and make the rest of the story a tragedy or her breaking away from him.

*Make the love interests have an entertaining relationship with each other (though don’t fall into the trap of making their interactions more interesting than the main leads).

*Show WHY the lead makes the choice she does. Make the choice to represent her values and her desires.

And that's it! So how about you? How would you improve the love triangle trope? And are there any romance tropes you love but others seem to hate? Or how about the opposite where everyone loves a romance trope but you hate it?

[chaoticevilbean]

Katherine x shelby x Joey headcanons if you will

It tends to end up 2 v 1 in most interactions. Sometimes it's Shelby + Joey getting into mischief or squabbling, sometimes it's them attempting to stop Katherine from fistfighting a zombie who she thinks groaned that her dress is stupid.

Joey usually cooks. He was raised as a pirate, so he helped out the cook a lot, if only to get away from some of the more irritating of his crewmates. Shelby preps ingredients, which she can do w/great skill as it's vital to being a witch. Katherine is no longer allowed in the kitchen the same time as the other two.

Joey has that disorder where you can't recognize faces. He relies on voice, outfit/hair, + general personality/vibe. He couldn't recognize Katherine as a monster-slayer until she spoke, + he relies on her dresses, her weapons, + her voice, primarily. Shelby is easier, as she's always wearing either her hat or Tortoise, + she tends to announce her presence loudly.

Katherine wants a pet, since both of the others have them. They are adamantly against her getting a pet, as it is likely to be deadly, dangerous, + growly. ("A pet like a bunny?" "No, bunnies are too soft to fight with." "... you mean fight beside, right?" "..." *walks off*)

There's been several reports of suspicious activities around Glimmer Grove. It is a combination of monster-slaying, unlicensed magic, + general piracy.

Joey is actually the reasonable one. He might follow the girls' lead when he doesn't know what to do, but he will drag both away w/all of his strength + powers of reasoning. He has selfish reasons, which means everything that he cares about (Katherine, Shelby, the three's lives) is the most important thing ever.

Shelby met Joey in the swamp + immediately decided to make several potions for him (mostly fire res + speed, bc piracy knows few bounds). She met Katherine + made a separate set (random ones to be fun. Then Joey comes to her in a panic to declare that he just had to pull Katherine out of the water bc she was fighting a drowned... w/a broken arm. There is a lot of ranting abt reasons to not do that, + reasons for every potion to be created + dropped on the monster-slayer's doorstep weekly.

Honestly, a lot of their lives is that. But Shelby also experiments w/potions, which comes with... explosive reactions. And then Joey tries the potions, or decides to rush off towards the nearest shiny thing.

There are many attempts to prevent theft. It does not always succeed.

All three are fashionable in wildly different ways.

Joey's crew tease him abt managing to fall in love w/a witch + a princess. His insistence they're both pirates does nothing, bc Katherine + Shelby tend to come in to do many witchy/princessy things.

Princessy things include singing while killing monsters, always looking perfect despite any state of health/injury, + somehow having a magical transformation btwn outfits.

Witchy things include picking things from the ground, putting random items in a cauldron, + cackling.

Joey once fought a bear bc it was standing near a buried treasure chest. Shelby fought a bear bc it looked funny at her. Katherine fought a bear bc she could.

Shelby adores chocolate, but can rarely get it. She confronts Katherine abt the boxes of chocolate that appear on her doorstep. Katherine says she knows nothing abt them. In honesty, she does! She knows Joey has been robbing several of the more prissy nobles in the lands. If it just so happens that he's taking their plentiful supply of treats along w/their gold... she knows nothing, honest.

Katherine has self-esteem issues, but is honest when asked + is best at accepting compliments. Shelby denies hers a bit, but ultimately lets the other two reaffirm her + accepts it okay. Joey vehemently denies having any issues whatsoever, to the point of Katherine tackling him as an excuse to hug him.

Shelby doesn't hide the relationship. She just, y'know, doesn't talk abt it. Ever. Except w/the other rulers, of course.

When they were pining, both Joey + Shelby came to Fwhip. Their reasoning? He was the only person who was courting Jimmy who actually "succeeded". Fwhip, being unaware of how Upworlder courting works, agreed he was qualified. Surprisingly, the technique of working together to create a pretty but useful item for Katherine worked amazingly.

Joey refuses to eat cake. Purely bc he isn't there to make sure it isn't poisoned.

Katherine once tried to have a pet pufferfish. It went missing. On an unrelated note, Joey seemed incredibly helpful the next few days, + Shelby gave her water-breathing potions to get a new one. She chose not to, instead getting a pet salmon.

Another unrelated note, Katherine created an aquarium for every type of fish except axolotls.

Hope this is adequate!

[lurvelybones]

What in the skibidi---

[hauntedcreatorobject]

Tumblr help me find this book

[not-a-boot]

more book if u type “love”

[thisispersonal]

back again with them!

(when I figure out how to make color look more cohesive with digital drawing it’s over for ya’ll fr)

[lesmisscraper]

[1spooky2me]

(TW: violence and blood)

Not good enough….

*Pork Soda by Glass Animals playin in the distance*

Part 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5

PART 6

PART 7

TRAGEDY

DREAM OR NIGHTMARE

PART 8

[adhd-merlin]

polyamory and bisexuality could have saved camelot